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Papering Pins. 110. 21,541. Patented Sept. 14,1858.

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STATES PATENT GFFICE.

CORNELIUS W. VAN VLIET. OF \"VINSTEAD, CONNECTICUT, ASQIGNOR TO NINVENGLAND PIN (10., OF SAME PLACE.

PIN-STICKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 21,541, dated September 14, 1858.

To all whom it nmg concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS IV. VAN VLm'r, of VVinsted, in the countyof Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Pin- Sticking Machines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction,character, and operation of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which make a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1, is a plan of the whole machine, as viewed from thefront end. Fig. 2, is a plan of the same viewed from the left hand side.Fig. 3, is a plan of a section of the same, showing the differentositions of the pins. Fig. 4, is a plan 0 the separator. Fig. 5, is aplan showing the position of the pins in connection with the separator.

My improvement consists in the manner hereinafter described ofseparating and guiding the pins so that they will fall with their pointsdirectly on the crimped and clamped paper, in vertical positions, readyto be inserted by the descending motion of the series of punches, ordrivers.

I make the frame of cast iron, or any other suitable material, asindicated in Figs. 1, and 2. I make a series of conducting channels, inthe usual way for arranging the pins with their heads in one direction,except the lower ends, which are shaped, substantially, as indicated atB, and 0, Figs. 1, 2, and 3. To separate one of the pins from eachcolumn as they are in the channels, I use a sliding plate with inclinedslots, or spaces, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, so formed that a wedgeshaped point will be forced between the barrels, or shafts, of the pinsand hook, or force, out one from each channel, as shown at a, Fig. 4,and also indicated in Fig. 5. This sliding plate is thrown back, to takethe pin, by the operation of the cam, 72, on the lever, 0, Figs. 1, and2, and is thrown forward, to cut off, or separate, one pin from eachcolumn, by a spring, indicated by dots at (Z, Fig. 2, so that, in eachoperation, the slide, Fig. 4, will cut off a full row of pins, so thatwhen their heads arrive at the position shown at c, Fig. 3, each will beready to be forced into the crimped paper, as dotted at f, Fig. 2.

To crimp the paper I use the well known jaws, as indicated at f, Fig. 2,I work the movable part of these crimping jaws, by the operation of thecam, g, on the bar, It. I force the pins into the crimped paper by aseries of punches, or drivers, shown at C, Fig. 1, (and one of them, insection, in Figs. 2, and 3.) I work the punches, C, by the operation ofthe cam, 2', through the medium of the lever, or pitman, D, Figs. 1, and2.

Having constructed and arranged the several parts of the machine, asbefore described, I throw the pins into a suitable hopper, from whichthey will fall onto the inclined channel ways, B,be arranged with theirheads all in the same direction, and pass down nearly to the lower ends,where they will be stopped by the sliding, or separating, plates,whenthe wedge shaped points, as at a, Figs. 4, and 5. will separate one pinfrom the lower end of each column, in the inclined channels, andconduct, or guide, them down until the heads will drop through and bythe peculiar construction of the lower ends of the ways suddenly pass tothe position shown at 6, Figs. 2, and 3 that is, with their pointsresting on the crimped paper, and heads directly under the punches, ordrivers. These drivers are then brought down, by the action of the cam,71, and the rows of pins forced through the crimped paper,and so on.

The advantages of my invention consist in the simplicity of itsstructure, which renders it not liable to get out of order, by use; andin the ease, and rapidity, with which the machine may be worked, as I amable to stick pins with much greater rapidity than has ever been done byany other machine. And I distinctly disclaim the punches, or drivers, assuch, as they have been well known for half a century. I also distinctlydisclaim the crimping bars, as such,they having been patented inEngland, to Miles Berry, in the year 1859, and, in the United States toJ. J. Howe of Derby, in Connecticut, in the year 1843. I also distinctlydisclaim the sliding separator, as such, as that was patented to J. 13.Terry, assignee of Thos. 1V. I-Iarvey, Jan. 3, 1854. I also distinctlydisclaim the channel ways, as such, they having long been known, andused, for arranging screws, pins, &c.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the series of channel Ways, With the slidingseparator, When ing bars With the punches, sliding sepaconstructed, andmade to operate, substanrator, and channel Ways, When constructed, 10tially, as described. arranged, and made to produce the result,

2. I claim the combination of the punches, substantially, as hereindescribed.

5 With the sliding separator, When construct- CORNELIUS V. VAN VLIET.

ed, and arranged, substantially, as herein set Witnesses: forth. S. W.Com,

3. I claim the combination of the crimp- I J. G. WETMORE.

